Camping, a Microframework

Camping is a web framework which consistently stays at less than 4kB of code.
You can probably view the complete source code on a single page. But, you
know, it's so small that, if you think about it, what can it really do?

The idea here is to store a complete fledgling web application in a single
file like many small CGIs. But to organize it as a Model-View-Controller
application like Rails does. You can then easily move it to Rails once you've
got it going.

Installation

Interested yet? Luckily it's quite easy to install Camping. We'll be using
a tool called RubyGems, so if you don't have that installed yet, go grab it!
Once that's sorted out, open up a Terminal or Command Line and enter:

geminstallcamping

Even better, install the Camping Omnibus, a full package of recommended libs:

gem install camping-omnibus --source http://gems.judofyr.net

If not, you should be aware of that Camping itself only depends on
Rack, and if you're going to use the views you also
need to install markaby, and if you're going to use the database you need
activerecord as well.

geminstallmarkabygeminstallactiverecord

Learning

First of all, you should read the first chapters
of The Camping Book. It should hopefully get you started pretty quick. While
you're doing that, you should be aware of the reference which contains
documentation for all the different parts of Camping.

The wiki is the place for all tiny,
useful tricks that we've collected over the years. Don't be afraid to share
your own discoveries; the more, the better!

And if there's anything you're wondering about, don't be shy, but rather
subscribe to the mailing list
and ask there. We also have an IRC channel over at Freenode, so if you feel
like chatting with us, you should join #camping @ irc.freenode.net.

Authors

Camping was originally crafted by why the lucky stiff,
but is now maintained by the community. This simply means that if we like your
patch, it will be applied. Everything is managed through the mailing list,
so just subscribe and you can instantly take a part in shaping Camping.